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Physics UTME / JAMB 2014 Modern Physics and Nuclear Physics
When an atom undergoes a beta decay, the atomic number of the nucleus
A Remains unchanged
B Decreases by one
C Increases by one
D Becomes zero
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Physics UTME / JAMB 2014 Modern Physics and Nuclear Physics
When \(^{210}_{82}Pb\) decays to \(^{206}_{80}Pb\), it emits
A two alpha and two beta particles
B an alpha particle
C one beta particle
D one alpha and one beta particle
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Physics UTME / JAMB 2014 Modern Physics and Nuclear Physics
A glass bottle of initial volume 2 x 10\(^4\) cm\(^3\) is heated from 20ºC to 50ºC. If the linear expansivity of glass is 9 x 10\(^{-6}\)K\(^{-1}\), the volume of the bottle at 50ºC is
A 20016.2cm3
B 20005.4cm3
C 20008.1cm3
D 20013.5cm3
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Physics UTME / JAMB 2012 Modern Physics and Nuclear Physics
The process of detecting a pin mistakenly swallowed by a child is X-ray
A Diagnosis
B Therapy
C Crystallography
D Mammography
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Physics UTME / JAMB 2012 Modern Physics and Nuclear Physics
A piece of radioactive material contains 1000 atmos. If its half -life is 20seconds, the time taken for 125 atoms to remain is
A 20 seconds
B 40 seconds
C 80 seconds
D 60 seconds
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Physics UTME / JAMB 2011 Modern Physics and Nuclear Physics
A metal of volume 40 cm\(^3\) is heated from 30 ^\circc to 90 ^\circc, the increase in volume is [Linear expansivity of the metal = 2.0 x 10\(^{-5}\)K\(^{-1}\)]
A 0.12 cm3
B 4.00 cm3
C 1.20 cm3
D 0.40 cm3
E no correct option
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Physics UTME / JAMB 2011 Modern Physics and Nuclear Physics
A radioactive isotope has a decay constant of 10-5s4. Calculate half life
A 6.93 x 10-5s
B 6.93 x 105s
C 6.93 x104s
D 6.93 x 10-4s
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Physics UTME / JAMB 2007 Modern Physics and Nuclear Physics
During the nuclear reaction described by \(^{235}_{92}\)W → \(^{235}_{93}\)X → \(^{231}_{91}\)Y The particles emitted are respectively
A α and α
B α and β
C β and β
D β and α
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Physics UTME / JAMB 2005 Modern Physics and Nuclear Physics
the time it will take a certain radioactive material with a half-life of 50 days to reduce to 1/32of its original number is
A 250days
B 150days
C 300days
D 200days
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Physics UTME / JAMB 2004 Modern Physics and Nuclear Physics
A radioisotope has a decay constant of 10\(^{-7}\)s\(^{-1}\). The average life of the radioisotope is
A 1.00 x 107s
B 6.93 x 106s
C 1.00 x 10-7s
D 6.93 x 107s
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Physics UTME / JAMB 2003 Modern Physics and Nuclear Physics
The count rate of a radioactive material is 800 count/min. If the half-life of the material is 4 days, what would the count rate be in 16 days later
A 200 count / min
B 100 count / min
C 50 count / min
D 25 count / min
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Physics UTME / JAMB 2002 Modern Physics and Nuclear Physics
The percentage of the original nuclei of the sample of a radioactive substance left after 5 half - lives is
A 8%
B 5%
C 3%
D 1%
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Physics UTME / JAMB 2001 Modern Physics and Nuclear Physics
If ray travelling in air is incident on a transparent medium as shown in the diagram, the refractive index of the medium is given as
A cosα / sinβ
B sinα / sinβ
C cosβ / sinα
D sinβ / sinα
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Physics UTME / JAMB 2000 Modern Physics and Nuclear Physics
If the fraction of the atoms of a radioactive material left after 120years is 1/64, what is the half-life of the material?
A 24 years
B 20 years
C 10 years
D 2 years
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Physics UTME / JAMB 1999 Modern Physics and Nuclear Physics
In the Rutherford scattering experiment, a beam of alpha particles was fired at a thin gold film with some of the particles being considerably deflected. This shows that
A a gold nucleus contains protons, neutrons and electrons uniformly distributed in a tiny volume
B the gold nucleus is positively charged and is concentrated in a tiny volume
C the gold nucleus emitted alpha particles
D the gold nucleus is concentrated in a tiny volume and contains alpha particles
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